{"id":4127,"date":"2024-06-19T10:28:21","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T10:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.datapulse.de\/?p=4127"},"modified":"2026-09-05T16:19:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T16:19:57","slug":"variation-diet-across-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.datapulse.de\/en\/variation-diet-across-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Variation in Flexitarian Diet Adoption Across Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"section padding-all-50 padding-all-s-15 bg-gradient-white-primary50\">\n<div class=\"row hideMobile\" role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"breadcrumbs\"><\/div>\n<article id=\"infographicArticle-31822\" class=\"article article--infographic article--infographic31822 row padding-top-15\" aria-labelledby=\"infographicArticleTitle\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<footer class=\"article__meta\">\n<div class=\"article__topic showMobile text--wordBreak\">A recent study from Oxford University drew attention earlier this year by suggesting that if heavy meat consumers in the UK reduced their intake, it could have a significant environmental impact, akin to removing 8 million cars from the road. The study found that high meat diets produce an average of 10.24kg of CO2 per day per person, compared to 5.37kg for low meat diets, 4.16kg for vegetarian diets, and 2.47kg for vegan diets. The meat industry criticized the study, calling it overly simplistic.<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row margin-bottom-15\">\n<div class=\"width70 padding-right-15\">\n<div id=\"infographicDescriptionLong\" class=\"article__contentText responsiveText responsiveText--underlinedLinks\">\n<p>The environmental impact of mass meat production is well-documented, including deforestation for beef supply and the use of soybeans for animal feed. As plant-based diets gain popularity and alternative meat markets grow, consumer awareness of these issues is increasing.<\/p>\n<p>According to Statista\u2019s Consumer Insights survey, this infographic explores the prevalence of flexitarianism in Europe. Flexitarianism refers to mostly vegetarian diets with occasional meat or fish consumption. The data highlights regional differences: in 2022-23, approximately 19% of respondents in Germany and Spain identified as flexitarians, compared to 14% in France. In Eastern Europe, the adoption of flexitarianism is lower, with only 7% in Poland, 5% in Hungary, and 5% in Czechia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"width30 padding-left-15 hideMobile\">\n<div class=\"article__contentEditor\">\n<div class=\"box contactBox sidebar float-s--none\">\n<div class=\"contactBox\">\n<div class=\"cInfo\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"article__contentGraphic panel-box panelBox--noPadding width100\">\n<div class=\"row flex\">\n<div class=\"flex_item width70 border-right-gray10-1 bg-white-smoke\">\n<div class=\"article__graphic\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"article__img margin-bottom-5n\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.statcdn.com\/Infographic\/images\/normal\/31822.jpeg\" alt=\"Infographic: Where Being a Flexitarian is More (&amp; Less) Common | Statista\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" data-open-modal=\"#infographicModal\" data-gtm=\"infographic__graphic\" aria-describedby=\"infographicDescriptionShort infographicDescriptionLong\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_item width30\">\n<div class=\"panelBox__section panelBox__section--border article__graphicText\">\n<p id=\"infographicDescriptionShort\" class=\"article__graphicDescription\">The following chart shows the share of respondents claiming to be flexitarians in selected European countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panelBox__section panelBox__section--border article__socialmediaBar\">\n<div class=\"row margin-bottom-5n\">\n<div class=\"width33 width-s-33 padding-left-7 padding-right-7\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"referenceLink\" class=\"panelBox__section panelBox__section--border article__embedCode border-bottom-gray10-1 hideMobile\" data-gtm=\"infographic__referenceCode\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"box-container\">\n<p><em>This story originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Statista<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.datapulse.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.datapulse.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.datapulse.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.datapulse.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.datapulse.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4127"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.datapulse.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10872,"href":"https:\/\/www.datapulse.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4127\/revisions\/10872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.datapulse.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.datapulse.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.datapulse.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.datapulse.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}